Window-cupboard



\ C. A.' GEIB.

WINDOW CUPBGAHD.

APPLICATION mm sEPT.24. 1920.

Patented ug. 9, 1921.

NVENTOR- WITNESS To all lwhom 'it may concern.'

CARL A.. GEIB, 0F NEW YORK, N. Y., AssIGNoR or ONE-HALF .Nnwyonm N. Y. i y

r.ro ALrRnn RICHTER, or

- n f 'specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 9, 1921.

i Application` filed September 24, 1920. Serial No. 412,471.

Be it known that I, CARLA. Ginn,k a .citizen of the United States, and a resident ofthe Bronx, New York city, in the county of 'Bronx and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in lvindowupboards, of which the following is a specification. Y

This invention relates to window boxes or cupboards, such yas are adapted for extensive use in connection with popular moderately equipped apartments or dwelling houses.

Among the many objects of the invention is to provide a structure of the character indicated that may be built in a reliable and durable manner and supplied on the market at such a low cost as to make it available 'for use by families typifying the masses of the people, ymany of whom cannot afford expensive refrigerators or even ice for the preservation of milk or other food-stuffs, my new device being designed to thus take the place,`

to a large extent at least, of ice boxes or refri erators.

nother object of the invention is. to readily adapt a window cupboard to any width of window frame or similar building openino.

Ik further object is to design a window cupboard so as to make it readily applicable to a window frame,by any householder with ordinary kitchen tools such as a hammer or screw driver, and one which may thereafter be easily accessible through the window for normalhousehold use or even lifted bodily inV through the window if desired. A still further object is to provide a cupboard of the nature set forth which com-V prises a relatively cheap frame having rigid sides and bottom anda lattice back, and with an open top and front, and having means in the formof a flexible apron or curtain tok close all or any portion of theopen front, top,1

or back, whereby to protect the contents of lthe cupboard from sunlight, rain, snow, dust,

dirt, or the like objectionable conditions.

Figure 1 is a vertical section on the line 1.-1 o-f Fig. 2.

Fig. 2 is an outside elevation, a portion of the outer cover being broken away.

Fig. 3 is a sectional detail indicating a`V cha-nge of position of the cover from that of Figs. 1 and 2.

Referring now more specifically to the drawings, I show my improved cupboard as guard tlieback ofthe cupboard-andto sup-v comprising a'frame ofany suitable size,

r design, construction, or material, but shown as involving a closed bottom 10 and closed sides 114 secured to the bottom. The sides or uprights 11 are beveled or inclined at their upper outer corners at l2 thereby making a better provisionfor the cover to shed rain or the like. At the outsideor back of the frarneis provided a lattice work, comprising a series of horizontal bars 13 fitted in or to the side numbers 1l parallel to one zniotlimg the series of bars extending all the way be tween the top and the bottom of the frame. This lattice work constitutes a means to port the. cover or prevent the coverfroin kblowingor dashing inward within the frame from the outside. l

The frame may be made to substantially Vlill the window space or it may be lof any less width. Within the frame' provision is made for any suitable number of shelves such as indicated at 14 supported upon cleats 15. The shelf may be notchedfout as shown on 16 to accommodate any device tootall for the space between shelves. rAs 'a convenient means for securing the cupboard in the win,

dow space in a practical and reliable manner and yet enable, it to be easilyremoved'from its anchorage so Vas tobev lifted bodily or soy as to be'movedinward through the window,

Ishow pins such as nails or screws 17 driven into the window sill 118 and over'which hooks orloops 19 carried by a lower portion of the inner side of the frame are directly engageable while the bottom 10 of the cupboard rests directly upon the ledge 20 at the outside of the window sill. At the sides of the`rl`rv cupboard are provided detachable 'fasteners such as hooks 21 which may be attached permanently to either the cupboard or the sides of the window frame and engadeable with screw eyes in the' adjacent parts. hooks are accessible through the windowopening betweenthe sides ofthe cupboard and the window frame.

cribed .the cupboard may easil be putpout through the window and secure in position,

or as readily detached and brought within the window. u .f In order to close the otherwiseopen frame Vso as to protect the contents of the cupboard from dust, dirt, rain, snow, or predatory animals, I may employ acover for either the front of the cupboard adjacent to the win- 10:0r Asthus far def dow, or the back of the cupboard, or both the front and the back. Such cover is shown in the form of a flexible water or Weatherproof apron 22 connected at its upper edge to a bar 23 Whose ends project beyond the apron for coperation with a pair of keepers such as screw eyes 24 fixed in the upper front corners of the said members 1l. The apron 22 is adapted thus to roll or drop outward and downward over the top and back of the cupboard to any desired distance, and the edge of the apron remote from the bar 23 is provided with another bar 25 Which may cooperate with pairs of keepers or screweyes 26 at the bottom of the cupboard so as to securely fasten the apron 23 in closed position.

Gr the 'bar 25 may be adjusted 'so as to cooperate with other pairs oi"- keepers at any desired elevation such as indicated' at 27 at the top `of the iframe The same apron 22 may if desired be dropped down in front of the cupboard directly beneath the bar 23 so as to close said front, or if desired an auxiliary apron 28 may be employed for thisy purpose, The apron 28 may constitute an extension of the apron 22 or it may be otherwise held in front of the cupboard. These aprons constitute an effective closure 'orthe cupboard when it is desired tomake such a closure. By inserting the bars or rods 23 and 25 in pockets or loops of the apron they may slipsutliciently freely to facilitate the introduction of both ends of the rods in succession into the selected keepers or eyes 24, 26, or 27.

I claim l. A Window cupboard comprising a frame having an open top and back, a. portion ofthe back being inclined, an opaque Weather and rain proo'r' cover for the topxand back, means to attach the cover to the front corners oit the Y, top, and means to secure the remote portion of the cover to another part of the frame.

2. A Window cupboard comprisinga frame having an open top and back, an 'opaque Weather and rain proof cover for the topand back, means to attach the cover to the front Y corners of the top, means to roll the cover up and down, and means to selectively secure the roll in either of a plurality of predetermined positions adjacent to the top and bottomV of the back.

CARL A. GEIE. 

